Improvement in soldering-benches



UNITED. STA'rns.

PATENT OFFICE ANSON o. KITTREDGE, WILLIAM H. CLARK. AND WILLIAM J. CLARK, or SALEM, 01110,. Assreuoas TO KITTREDGE, coRNIcn AND ORNAMENT COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT m S OLDERlNG -BENCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,128, dated January 11, 1876; application filed July 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that we, A. O. KITTREDGE, WM. H. CLARK, and WM. J. CLARK, of Salem, in the county of Oolumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved (Jornice-Soldering Bench, &c.; and we joints, &c., of the cornice are being soldered,

so that the several parts shall be put together true and square,-rendering the work better done than it can be without the use of the aforesaid bench.

In the manufactureof sheet metal moldings it isa matter of importance that the parts of which the angular members of the molding are composed, and all rectangularjoinings, should be made true and as perfect aspractic-able. To this end the work needs to be held firmly and truly in line While being put together. Hence rectangular corners against which to rest the work, either on the outside or on the inside thereof, are not only convenient, but necessary, in order to do good.work.

. Such corners or angles are not attainable in an ordinary work bench or table ranged along against the wall of the room, at which a large number of workmen are engaged. Ordinarily such work-benches present a long, unbroken front or edge, having no corners, excepting at each end. Workmen are therefore obliged to hold their work against the straight edge of the bench as best they can while soldering, which, for some kinds of work, is extremely inconvenient and difficult, for reason of the bulky character of the work and the great care required that each piece shall be put together true and square to the working-lines. To meet this want on the part of the workmen, and to enable them to hold their work truly in position while they are solderin g the sections of the work together, is the purpose of this invention, and which we accomplish by the following device:

A in the drawing may represent a section of a long work bench or table arranged against .the wall of the shop, along the front edge of which is inlaid a strip of metal, B, secured thereto by bolts and nuts a; hence the face of thebench is an even surface. The end of the bench, if available, is also plated in like manner by a strip of metahO. To the front edge of the bench is hinged an auxiliary table or leaf, D, at right angles therewith, as will be seen in the drawing, the edge of which is also plated with a strip of metal, E. Said leaf, when raised, is supported by a leg, F,, hinged thereto, which, when the leafis lowered, serves as a hanger to suspend it under the bench A,

out of the way of the workmen, as will be seen in Fig. 2, in which it will be seen that a hook, at, on the foot of the leg engages a catch, 1), on the under side of the bench, thereby suspending the leaf and leg, as shown. The number of leaves thus attached to a bench, A, will be more or less, according to the number of workmen employed at the bench-one for each man.

In attaching a leaf to the side of the bench, as above described, we are enabled to aiford each workman-a convenient corner or angle, G, in which to adjust and hold his work in place while soldering it, and thus enable him to do his work much better and more expeditiously than without the assistance of the leaf. The outside of the work is held in the angle G, and, when necessary, on the inside, by the corner a of the leaf, or of the bench at c.

The holes in the bench, also those in the leaf, in which the bolts are inserted for securingthe metal edging thereto, are made somewhat larger than the bolt, the object of which is to permit the readjustment of the metal edging in the event the angle formed by the leaf and bench, or the corners of the table at 0, should, in any way, become out of line or deviate from an exact right angle, which it must be in order to properly hold the work.

an auxiliary bench or leaf, D, attached there- What we claim as our invention, and desire substantially as set forth, and for the purpose to secure by Letters Patent, isspecified.

In combination with a bench or table, A, ANSON O. KITTREDGE.

WILLIAM H. CLARK. to at right angles to the edge of said bench, WILLIAM J. CLARK. as described, and provided with a leg, F, for Witnesses: supporting the same when extended, and THOMAS BAXTER,

whereby it may be suspended under the table, JAMES R. CAREY. 

